Poetry from bookarrest

Oakland, California: Cloud Marauder Press, 1976. Trade Paperback. VG+ to NF. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A SIGNED, INSCRIBED copy by the gifted American poet. CONTENTS: 28 poems, including, for example: "Sometimes, Besieged, I Forget How To Do It", "In the 2 A.M. Club", and "Cracking Its Drunken Bones". 56 pages. CONDITION: A solid, square, uncreased… Read more about this item

New York: New York Shakespeare Festival, 1978. Stapled Pages. Very Good. 8.5" x 11. This humble program (stapled photocopies) was distributed to the audience at Joseph Papp's (Public Theater) New York Shakespeare Festival production of Jerry Mayer's "TAUDshow - a play for one actor from the life + work of Antonin Artaud". After workshopping/premiering at the Mabou Mines… Read more about this item

Taos, New Mexico: UnM-Taos Department of English, 2013. Limited Edition . Soft cover. New (Very Fine). 6" x 9. Claire Tiwald (cover art). From a limited edition of 600 copies. The Literary Journal of the Arts of UNM-Taos is "a reflection of the literary and artistic endeavors from both inside UNM-Taos and the wider Taos community." CONTENTS:… Read more about this item

Zhitomir, Ukraine: Evenok O.O., 2012. Assumed First Edition . Stapled Wraps. Fine. 8.25" x 11.75. A delightful artist-inscribed booklet full of line-drawing-illustrated poems and brief tales (in Ukrainian), intended for artful coloring by children. CONTENTS: See accompaning san image of the Table of Contents. 16+4 pages. CONDITION: A bright, solid, umarked, uncreased copy with minimal shelf-wear -… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, 1967. No Binding. Good. 11" x 15.5. Cnthia Beishline (photographs). NOTE: This is not an issue of the respected British magazine, but rather a provocative Indiana University weekly student newspaper - from the Viet Nam War era. CONTENTS: On Flagging the Course and Waving the Flag (challenging the University President's pro-war position); Some Reflections… Read more about this item

Arroyo Seco, California: Apraksin Blues, 1995. Side-Stapled Wraps. As New (Very Fine). 8.5" x 11. Tatiana Apraksina. A remarkable Russian-language arts journal, founded in September 1995 and edited by poet-painter Tatyana Apraksina. CONTENTS: Another Game (mondo blues) [Apraksina]; Connected Disconnectedness [Dotson]; Heart of Stone? What Is It? [Meerson]; Nonconformism and Modernity [Unksova]; Religion and Science: Irreconcilable? [Einstein]; Civilized… Read more about this item

Paris: Amiot - Dumont, 1954. First Edition . Soft cover. Fair. 5.5" x 7.5. An insightful study of the socio-political philosophy of the great French poet and essayist Charles Peguy. CONTENTS: Introduction; Enfance et adolescence de Peguy; L'Ecole Normale; Le socialisme Peguyste; A la librairie Georges Bellais; Aux "Cahiers de la Quinzaine"; Ma collaboration aux "Cahiers de la… Read more about this item

Lulu.com, 2008. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An often deeply moving collection of poems, here self-published by a group of friends, as a labor of love - signed and briefly inscribed by one of the contributors. CONTENTS: individual sections for each poet, followed by Contact Information; About this book;… Read more about this item

Grez-Doiceau, Belgium: Maelstrom - Reg'ART, 2008. First Edition . Soft cover. As New (Very Fine). 8.25" x 8.25. Pierre-Alain Dupont (photography). A new, near-pristine copy of the introductory catalogue-announcement of the Belgian artistic movement "Reg'ART". It includes among its members artists in various disciplines: painters, poets, musicians, sculptors, writers, comedians, photographers, choreographers, dancers, composers, portraitists, filmmakers, designers, master… Read more about this item

Purchase, New York: Purchase College - SUNY, 1982. Side-Stapled Wraps. Fine. 7.75" x 11. Purchase College, State University of New York - early 1970s brainchild of Nelson Rockefeller, designed as the perfect "menage a trois" of arts, liberal arts, and sciences - hip, intense, an isolated oasis, an honors/pass/no-credit grading system. Then came the budget cuts and the… Read more about this item

Purchase, New York: Purchase College - SUNY, 1982. Side-Stapled Wraps. Fine. 7.75" x 11. Purchase College, State University of New York - early 1970s brainchild of Nelson Rockefeller, designed as the perfect "menage a trois" of arts, liberal arts, and sciences - hip, intense, an isolated oasis, an honors/pass/no-credit grading system. Then came the budget cuts and the… Read more about this item

Seaside, California: Apraksin Blues, 2003. Side-Stapled Wraps. Fine. 8.5" x 11. Tatiana Apraksina & Morley Baer. A remarkable Russian-language arts journal, founded in September 1995 and edited by poet-painter Tatyana Apraksina, this issue consisting of English translations from the 2003 Russian edition by James Wesley Mantieth. CONTENTS: See accompanying scan image of the Table of Contents. 76 pages.… Read more about this item

Paris: Pierre Seghers, Editeur, 1956. Assumed First Edition . Paperback. Very Good Minus. 5.25" x 6.25. Poetes d'aujourd'hui 51 "bibliographie, dessins, portraits et fac-similes". An excellent French-language overview of the life, work, and relevance of the great French poet, essayist, and philosopher. CONTENTS: ***See scans of the Table of Contents.*** 224 pages, with numerous illustrations. CONDITION: Good Plus… Read more about this item

London: Strato Publications, Ltd., 1958. Soft cover. Good Plus. 5.25" x 7.5. Emsh (cover), Orban, and Bowman. The British edition of this excellent vintage '50s science fiction digest, with British/European advertisements, duplicating the American Volume 9 number 1 edition of the same year (less two "Department" features geared to American readers: The Reckoning & Readers' Preference Coupon). CONTENTS:… Read more about this item

Holyoke, Massachussetts: Columbia Publications Inc., 1958. Soft cover. Good Plus. 6.5" x 9.5. Another outstanding vintage collection of western stories. CONTENTS: Lawman's Load (Grant), The Likes of Terrence O'Toole (Smith), Shoot-Out at Lewiston (Thomas), The Wild One (Keller), The Woman Who Took Tombstone (Whitechurch), The Demise of Grrr McFoul (Garner), Apache Bargain (Young), His Father's Gun (Offit), Too… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana: Nosferatu Press, 1972. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 7" x 8.5. Michael Satterfield (graphics). An exceedingly rare and highly regarded poetry journal founded in the Indiana community of Bloomington by Richard Pflum, Roger Pfingston, and David Wade - flourishing only for a few issues. CONTENTS: (see accompanying scan of the Table of Contents for poets not listed… Read more about this item

New York: Harrison - Hilton Books, 1939. First Edition . Decorative Hard Cover/Slipcase. Very Good Plus/Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In praise and dispraise of the tender passion, [in] letters, poems and prose, from Chaucer to Dorothy Parker." Edited and compiled by William Geoffrey. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Foreword; Prologue; Notions of Love, La Donna Mobile,… Read more about this item

New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., 1950. First Edition . Sheet Music. Good Plus. 9" x 12. The exceedingly scarce and only source of this Theodore Roethke poem, written exclusively for his collaboration with American composer Douglas Moore. The poem was possibly suppressed by Roethke's subsequent editors/publishers because of its deliberate naivete. The result, however, is a truly delightful… Read more about this item

New York: Window Editions, 1981. First Thus . Tall Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 10.5. Stella Waitzkin (cover sculpture). A wonderful selection of Berge's unique short writings - a bridge between prose poem and short story - in a Limited Edition of 1,000 paperback copies. CONTENTS: Introduction - "Forms: The Challenge" (Berge); 25 short writings. 44 pages. CONDITION:… Read more about this item

Seaside, California: Apraksin Blues, 2002. Stapled Wraps. Fine. 8.5" x 11. Tatiana Apraksina. A remarkable Russian-language arts journal, founded in September 1995 and edited by poet-painter Tatyana Apraksina. This issue reprints previously-issued material in excellent English translations by James Weslet mantieth CONTENTS: See accompanying scan image of the Table of Contents __ pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, unmarked,… Read more about this item